Yesterday was the birthday of legendary singer Gary Puckett! To celebrate, here he is with an interview and live performance of "Over You" on CabaRay Nashville. #HappyBirthday Gary! #garypuckett #overyou #cabaray #nashville #liveperformance #uniongap youtu.be/RWwdn78Eyqo

Today would have been Bill "Mr. Music" Lowery's Birthday! Bill was a music producer who was responsible for launching the careers of Ray Stevens, Jerry Reed, Joe South, Mac Davis, Tommy Roe & more. Ray even dedicated the High Spirits Emporium bar inside the CabaRay to Bill!

#Halloween2025 is only 9 days away! 🎃 Here's a song from 1965 by Ray Stevens called "The Rockin' Teenage Mummies" about a group of teenage mummies from Egypt who start a successful rock band. Produced by Shelby Singleton & Jerry Kennedy. Keep it spooky! youtu.be/wbtrRtOseMs

Here's Ray Stevens singing his version of the classic spooky song "Haunted House" live on CabaRay Nashville! This song was originally released by Jumpin' Gene Simmons in 1964. Enjoy! 🎃 #hauntedhouse #spookyvibes #halloweenvibes #halloweenmusic #halloween youtu.be/Kahgev8Tq_o

#FlashbackFriday Here's a rare photo from 1992 of Ray Stevens on stage at his theater in Branson, Missouri with a red guitar while performing his classic comedy hit "Gitarzan"! #wayback #bransonmissouri #gitarzan #inthe90s #33yearsago #onstage #redguitar

#SpookySunday Let's get into that spooky October feeling with a classic song! Here's Ray Stevens performing a cover of the Frank Sinatra hit "Witchcraft" live on CabaRay Nashville. #witchcraft #spookymusic #franksinatra #halloweenmusic #halloweenvibes youtu.be/RujkhMcciYY

Today Lee Greenwood is celebrating his birthday! Lee and Ray Stevens have been good friends for a long time. Here are some pictures of them hanging out together at various events. #HappyBirthday Lee, hope it's a great one! #leegreenwood #happybday #happybirthdaytoyou #friendship

"I can hear her laughing over my grave, raving like a maniac raves" Here's a rare song by Ray Stevens from 1964 called "Laughing Over My Grave". Check it out and have a fun, spooky day! #laughingovermygrave #spookymusic #halloween #halloweenmusic youtu.be/UfwVdwOy0QI

#WaybackWednesday to this picture of Ray Stevens from the early 80s which was taken by his good friend Slick Lawson! Slick actually shot several of Ray's album covers including "He Thinks He's Ray Stevens", "Surely You Joust", "Me", & "I Have Returned" #slicklawson #wayback

#HappyHalloween2025! Here's Ray Stevens performing his classic comedy song "Sittin' Up With The Dead" live on CabaRay Nashville. Hope everyone has a safe & spooky fun time! 🎃 #sittinupwiththedead #cabaray #nashville #spookymusic #halloween #halloweenmusic youtu.be/v_jOIB_RFWc

#SillySunday Enjoy this animated music video for the hilarious Ray Stevens song "The Ballad Of Cactus Pete And Lefty"! The song was originally released in 1987 on Ray's "Crackin' Up!" album. This animated video was made in 2009. youtu.be/0P3SyyWQ1SA

Today is the birthday of Scottish singer Lulu! Lulu was one of the regular performers on The Ray Stevens Show in 1970. Here she is with Ray before performing the song "Hum A Song (From Your Heart)" from her "Melody Fair" album. #HappyBirthday Lulu! youtu.be/Qyp2EMN5wso

Check out this great find of the Ray Stevens's 2005 CD trilogy "Box Set" at Century 21 music & more in Murfreesboro, TN! This is an incredible compilation of 51 songs which covers Ray's career up to that time. The Nashville area is full of great stores like this one! #boxset #cds

#ThrowbackThursday Here is a photo from the early 1940s of Ray Stevens as a very young boy. Ray was born as Harold Ray Ragsdale in Clarkdale, Georgia in 1939. It's wild to think who he would grow up to become! 🎶 #throwback #inthe40s #fromthe40s #1940sphoto #blackandwhitephoto

#FlashbackFriday Ray Stevens performing "The Pirate Song" on The Country Comedy Hour in the 90s along with fellow pirates Ruth Buzzi and Williams & Ree! #thepiratesong #countrycomedyhour #ruthbuzzi #williamsandree #comedymusic #flashback #liveperformance youtu.be/eN9AXMG-fB0

#MusicMonday "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" is featured on the 2021 Ray Stevens "Melancholy Fescue (High Class Bluegrass)" album. The song was originally recorded by Frankie Valli in 1967, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. 🎶 youtu.be/-hndqc7Bdtc

Happy #VeteransDay2025 to all of this country's amazing vets out there! Thank you! #veteransday #happyveteransday #thankyou #thankyouarmy #thankyounavy #thankyouairforce #thankyoucoastguard #thankyoumarines #veterans #thankyouveterans #thankyouforyourservice #supportveterans

#Wayback This live performance of "Happy Hour (Is The Saddest Time Of The Day)" by Ray Stevens was filmed for a TV show called "Country Now"! at the Mercy Lounge in Nashville, TN. The song was featured on Ray's 1984 album "He Thinks He's Ray Stevens". youtu.be/8WVtbJTihTc

#Throwback Here's one of the commercials Ray Stevens did for Flav-O-Rich back in the day. This one includes a large family get together while Ray talks about the fresh, new packaging! #flavorich #funnycommercial #retrocommercial #backintheday #dairy youtu.be/T6iEIV1EN1M

#FlashbackFriday Here's Ray Stevens performing his unique version of "Pledging My Love" live on CabaRay Nashville with Jay Dawson (who recently passed) on the bagpipes! Ray recorded the song for his 2004 "Thank You" album, which also included bagpipes. youtu.be/3fIWt0zbJGc